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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-18 17:10:49 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-04-18 17:10:49 +0200 |
commit | d6a24d0640d609138a4e40a4ce9fd9fe7859e24c (patch) | |
tree | aa40fb7f5d03dc605634fb4030afd8798bd6bc0b /Documentation/cgroups | |
parent | Bluetooth: hidp: Fix regression with older userspace and flags validation (diff) | |
parent | Documentation/memcg: update memcg/kmem status (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"Numerous fixes, the overdue removal of the i2o docs, some new Chinese
translations, and, hopefully, the README fix that will end the flow of
identical patches to that file"
* tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (34 commits)
Documentation/memcg: update memcg/kmem status
Documentation: blackfin: Makefile: Typo building issue
Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt: correct location of page-types tool
Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: typo fix
doc: Add guest_nice column to example output of `cat /proc/stat'
Documentation/kernel-parameters: Move "eagerfpu" to its right place
Documentation: gpio: Update ACPI part of the document to mention _DSD
docs/completion.txt: Various tweaks and corrections
doc: completion: context, scope and language fixes
Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/memory.txt
Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/booting.txt
Documentation: Chinese translation of arm64/legacy_instructions.txt
DocBook media: fix broken EIA hyperlink
Documentation: tweak the maintainers entry
README: Change gzip/bzip2 to xz compression format
README: Update version number reference
doc:pci: Fix typo in Documentation/PCI
Documentation: drm: Use '->' when describing access through pointers.
Documentation: Remove mentioning of block barriers
Documentation/email-clients.txt: Fix one grammar mistake, add extra info about TB
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cgroups')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt index a22df3ad35ff..f456b4315e86 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/memory.txt @@ -275,11 +275,6 @@ When oom event notifier is registered, event will be delivered. 2.7 Kernel Memory Extension (CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM) -WARNING: Current implementation lacks reclaim support. That means allocation - attempts will fail when close to the limit even if there are plenty of - kmem available for reclaim. That makes this option unusable in real - life so DO NOT SELECT IT unless for development purposes. - With the Kernel memory extension, the Memory Controller is able to limit the amount of kernel memory used by the system. Kernel memory is fundamentally different than user memory, since it can't be swapped out, which makes it @@ -345,6 +340,9 @@ set: In this case, the admin could set up K so that the sum of all groups is never greater than the total memory, and freely set U at the cost of his QoS. + WARNING: In the current implementation, memory reclaim will NOT be + triggered for a cgroup when it hits K while staying below U, which makes + this setup impractical. U != 0, K >= U: Since kmem charges will also be fed to the user counter and reclaim will be |